Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

O. Absil, E. di Folco, A. Mérand, J.-C. Augereau, V. Coudé du Foresto, J. P. Aufdenberg, P. Kervella, S. T. Ridgway, D. H. Berger, T. A. ten Brummelaar et al. (4 more)

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054522

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Accretion in the -Ophiuchi pre-main sequence stars p. 245

A. Natta, L. Testi and S. Randich

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054706

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Resonance-enhanced two-photon ionization (RETPI) of Si II and an anomalous, variable intensity of the 1892 Si III] line in the Weigelt blobs of η Carinae p. 253

S. Johansson, H. Hartman and V. S. Letokhov

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054375

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Imaging the circumstellar envelopes of AGB stars p. 257

N. Mauron and P. J. Huggins

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054739

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Measuring interstellar gas-phase D/H ratios in the presence of H₂ p. 269

H. S. Liszt

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054785

Stellar structure and evolution

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Effects of metallicity, star-formation conditions, and evolution in B and Be stars - I. Large Magellanic Cloud, field of NGC 2004 p. 273

C. Martayan, Y. Frémat, A.-M. Hubert, M. Floquet, J. Zorec and C. Neiner

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053859

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INTEGRAL and RXTE monitoring of GRS 1758-258 in 2003 and 2004 - A transition from the dim soft state to the hard state p. 285

K. Pottschmidt, M. Chernyakova, A. A. Zdziarski, P. Lubiński, D. M. Smith and N. Bezayiff

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054077

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Implications of the metallicity dependence of Wolf-Rayet winds p. 295

J. J. Eldridge and J. S. Vink

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065001

Stellar atmospheres

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Study of FK Comae Berenices - VI. Spot motions, phase jumps and a flip-flop from time-series modelling p. 303

K. Oláh, H. Korhonen, Zs. Kővári, E. Forgács-Dajka and K. G. Strassmeier

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054539

The Sun

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The intensity contrast of solar photospheric faculae and network elements - II. Evolution over the rising phase of solar cycle 23 p. 311

A. Ortiz, V. Domingo and B. Sanahuja

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053869

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Tearing and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the heliospheric plasma p. 321

L. Bettarini, S. Landi, F. A. Rappazzo, M. Velli and M. Opher

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054285

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Whistler wave excitation by relativistic electrons in coronal loops during solar flares p. 331

C. Vocks and G. Mann

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054042

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High-frequency waves in the solar coronal plasma p. 339

V. G. Ledenev, V. V. Tirsky and V. M. Tomozov

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053750

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Quasi-periodic modulation of solar and stellar flaring emission by magnetohydrodynamic oscillations in a nearby loop p. 343

V. M. Nakariakov, C. Foullon, E. Verwichte and N. P. Young

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054608

Planets and planetary systems

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Ultra low frequencies phenomena in Jovian decametric radio emission p. 347

O. V. Arkhypov and H. O. Rucker

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054334

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Collisional line profiles of rubidium and cesium perturbed by helium and molecular hydrogen p. 351

N. F. Allard and F. Spiegelman

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054485

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Radiative lifetimes, branching fractions and oscillator strengths in Pd I and the solar palladium abundance p. 357

H. L. Xu, Z. W. Sun, Z. W. Dai, Z. K. Jiang, P. Palmeri, P. Quinet and É. Biémont

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054610

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

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Estimation of a super-resolved PSF for the data reduction of undersampled stellar observations - Deriving an accurate model for fitting photometry with Corot space telescope p. 363

L. Pinheiro da Silva, M. Auvergne, D. Toublanc, J. Rowe, R. Kuschnig and J. Matthews

Published online: 17 May 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054614

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 452 / No 1 (June II 2006)

Letters

The history and future of the Local and Loop I bubbles p. L1

Anisotropic and mass-dependent energization of heavy ions by kinetic Alfvén waves p. L7

Astrophysical processes

Modeling the warm absorber in active galactic nuclei p. 1

A viscous heating mechanism for the hot plasma in the Galactic center region p. 15

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Time delay of SBS 0909+532 p. 25

Determining time delay in the gravitationally lensed system QSO2237+0305 p. 37

The baryon mass function for galaxy clusters p. 47

Cosmic shear analysis with CFHTLS deep data p. 51

Principal component analysis of weak lensing surveys p. 63

The radial profiles of the different mass components in galaxy clusters p. 75

Extragalactic astronomy

Space-VLBI polarimetry of the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714: rapid polarization variability in the VLBI core p. 83

The length of stellar bars in SB galaxies and N-body simulations p. 97

GRB 030406 – an extremely hard burst outside of the INTEGRAL field of view p. 113

ESO imaging survey: infrared observations of CDF-S and HDF-S p. 119

The photometric evolution of dissolving star clusters - I. First predictions p. 131

The old globular cluster system of the dIrr galaxy NGC 1427A in the Fornax cluster p. 141

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Mass segregation in rich LMC clusters from modelling of deep HST colour–magnitude diagrams p. 155

The fractal dimensions of the spatial distribution of young open clusters in the solar neighbourhood p. 163

Origin of the Galactic ridge X-ray emission p. 169

Age distribution of young clusters and field stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud p. 179

AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds - III. The rate of star formation across the Small Magellanic Cloud p. 195

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

A multiwavelength study of the massive star-forming region IRAS 06055+2039 (RAFGL 5179) p. 203

Gamma-ray emission expected from Kepler's supernova remnant p. 217

Interstellar cloud structure: the statistics of centroid velocities p. 223

Circumstellar material in the Vega inner system revealed by CHARA/FLUOR p. 237

Accretion in the -Ophiuchi pre-main sequence stars p. 245

Resonance-enhanced two-photon ionization (RETPI) of Si II and an anomalous, variable intensity of the 1892 Si III] line in the Weigelt blobs of η Carinae p. 253

Imaging the circumstellar envelopes of AGB stars p. 257

Measuring interstellar gas-phase D/H ratios in the presence of H2 p. 269

Stellar structure and evolution

Effects of metallicity, star-formation conditions, and evolution in B and Be stars - I. Large Magellanic Cloud, field of NGC 2004 p. 273

INTEGRAL and RXTE monitoring of GRS 1758-258 in 2003 and 2004 - A transition from the dim soft state to the hard state p. 285

Implications of the metallicity dependence of Wolf-Rayet winds p. 295

Stellar atmospheres

Study of FK Comae Berenices - VI. Spot motions, phase jumps and a flip-flop from time-series modelling p. 303

The Sun

The intensity contrast of solar photospheric faculae and network elements - II. Evolution over the rising phase of solar cycle 23 p. 311

Tearing and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the heliospheric plasma p. 321

Whistler wave excitation by relativistic electrons in coronal loops during solar flares p. 331

High-frequency waves in the solar coronal plasma p. 339

Quasi-periodic modulation of solar and stellar flaring emission by magnetohydrodynamic oscillations in a nearby loop p. 343

Planets and planetary systems

Ultra low frequencies phenomena in Jovian decametric radio emission p. 347

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Collisional line profiles of rubidium and cesium perturbed by helium and molecular hydrogen p. 351

Radiative lifetimes, branching fractions and oscillator strengths in Pd I and the solar palladium abundance p. 357

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

Estimation of a super-resolved PSF for the data reduction of undersampled stellar observations - Deriving an accurate model for fitting photometry with Corot space telescope p. 363

Measuring interstellar gas-phase D/H ratios in the presence of H₂ p. 269