Constraining the absolute orientation of η Carinae's binary orbit: a 3D dynamical model for the broad [Fe iii] emission

TI Madura, TR Gull, SP Owocki, JH Groh… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We present a three-dimensional (3D) dynamical model for the broad [Fe iii] emission
observed in η Carinae using the Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging …

Detection of the compressed primary stellar wind in η carinae

M Teodoro, TI Madura, TR Gull… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A series of three Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging
Spectrograph spectroscopic mappings, spaced approximately one year apart, reveal three …

3D radiative transfer simulations of Eta Carinae's inner colliding winds–II. Ionization structure of helium at periastron

N Clementel, TI Madura, CJH Kruip… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Spectral observations of the massive colliding wind binary Eta Carinae show phase-
dependent variations, in intensity and velocity, of numerous helium emission and absorption …

3D radiative transfer simulations of Eta Carinae's inner colliding winds–I. Ionization structure of helium at apastron

N Clementel, TI Madura, CJH Kruip… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The highly eccentric binary system Eta Carinae (η Car) shows numerous time-variable
emission and absorption features. These observational signatures are the result of …

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 …

3D modelling of the colliding winds in η Carinae–evidence for radiative inhibition

ER Parkin, JM Pittard, MF Corcoran… - Monthly Notices of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The X-ray emission from the supermassive star η Car is simulated using a 3D model of the
wind–wind collision. In the model the intrinsic X-ray emission is spatially extended and …

Modelling the RXTE light curve of η Carinae from a 3D SPH simulation of its binary wind collision

AT Okazaki, SP Owocki, CMP Russell… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The very massive star system η Carinae exhibits regular 5.54 yr (2024 d) period disruptive
events in wavebands ranging from the radio to X-ray. There is a growing consensus that …

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 …

The fossil wind structures of Eta Carinae: changes across one 5.54-yr cycle

TR Gull, TI Madura, M Teodoro… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Eta Carinae, the closest, active, massive binary containing a highly unstable Luminous Blue
Variable, exhibits expanding, compressed wind shells, seen in emission, that are spatially …

The first full orbit of η Carinae seen by Fermi

K Reitberger, A Reimer, O Reimer… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
Aims. The binary system η Carinae has completed its first 5.54 y orbit since the beginning of
science operation of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). We are now able to investigate …