A Lighthouse Effect in Eta Carinae

TI Madura, JH Groh - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new model for the behavior of scattered time-dependent, asymmetric near-UV
emission from the nearby ejecta of η Car. Using a three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamical …

A companion as the cause of latitude-dependent effects in the wind of Eta Carinae

JH Groh, TI Madura, DJ Hillier… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze spatially resolved spectroscopic observations of the Eta Carinae binary system
obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope/STIS. Eta Car is enshrouded by the dusty …

Is Eta Carinae a fast rotator, and how much does the companion influence the inner wind structure?

JH Groh, TI Madura, SP Owocki… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze interferometric measurements of the luminous blue variable Eta Carinae with
the goal of constraining the rotational velocity of the primary star and probing the influence of …

The Purple Haze of η Carinae: Binary-induced Variability?

N Smith, JA Morse, NR Collins… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Asymmetric variability in ultraviolet images of the Homunculus obtained with the Advanced
Camera for Surveys/High Resolution Camera on the Hubble Space Telescope suggests that …

Wind-wind collision in the η Carinae binary system: a shell-like event near periastron

D Falceta-Gonçalves, V Jatenco-Pereira… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The exact nature of η Carinae is still an open issue. Strict periodicity in the light curves at
several wavelengths seem to point to a binary system, but the observed radial velocities …

On the influence of the companion star in Eta Carinae: 2D radiative transfer modelling of the ultraviolet and optical spectra

JH Groh, DJ Hillier, TI Madura… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We present two-dimensional (2D) radiative transfer modelling of the Eta Carinae binary
system accounting for the presence of a wind–wind collision (WWC) cavity carved in the …

Eta Carinae across the 2003.5 minimum: the character and variability of the ejecta absorption in the near-ultraviolet

TR Gull, GV Kober, KE Nielsen - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Space Telescope Imaging
Spectrograph (STIS) high-resolution near-ultraviolet (NUV) spectra of η Car's central source …

Eta Carinae: A Tale of Two Periastron Passages

TR Gull, F Navarete, MF Corcoran… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Since 2002, the far-ultraviolet (FUV) flux (1150–1680 Å) of Eta Carinae, monitored
by the Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, has increased by …

Distinguishing circumstellar from stellar photometric variability in Eta Carinae

A Damineli, E Fernández-Lajús… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The interacting binary Eta Carinae remains one of the most enigmatic massive
stars in our Galaxy despite over four centuries of observations. In this work, its light curve …

The extended interacting wind structure of Eta Carinae

TR Gull, KE Nielsen, MF Corcoran… - Monthly Notices of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The highly eccentric binary system, η Car, provides clues to the transition of massive stars
from hydrogen–burning via the CNO cycle to a helium–burning evolutionary state. The fast …