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 …

Eta Carinae's 2014.6 Spectroscopic Event: The Extraordinary He II and N II Features

K Davidson, A Mehner, RM Humphreys… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Eta Carinae's spectroscopic events (periastron passages) in 2003, 2009, and 2014 differed
progressively. He ii λ4687 and nearby N ii multiplet 5 have special significance because …

Detection of high-velocity material from the wind-wind collision zone of Eta Carinae across the 2009.0 periastron passage

JH Groh, KE Nielsen, A Damineli, TR Gull… - Astronomy & …, 2010 - aanda.org
We report near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the Eta Carinae massive binary
system during 2008–2009 using the CRIRES spectrograph mounted on the 8 m UT 1 Very …

Spectroscopic signatures of the vanishing natural coronagraph of Eta Carinae

A Damineli, F Navarete, DJ Hillier… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Eta Carinae is a massive interacting binary system shrouded in a complex circumstellar
environment whose evolution is the source of the long-term brightening observed during the …

The Long-term Spectral Changes of Eta Carinae: Are they Caused by a Dissipating Occulter as Indicated by CMFGEN Models?

A Damineli, DJ Hillier, F Navarete… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Eta Carinae (η Car) exhibits a unique set of P Cygni profiles with both broad and
narrow components. Over many decades, the spectrum has changed—there has been an …

Mid-infrared evolution of η Carinae from 1968 to 2018

A Mehner, WJ de Wit, D Asmus, PW Morris… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
η Car is one of the most luminous and massive stars in our Galaxy and is the brightest mid-
IR source in the sky outside our solar system. Since the late 1990s, the central source has …

Eta Carinae: an evolving view of the central binary, its interacting winds and its foreground ejecta

TR Gull, DJ Hillier, H Hartman… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
FUV spectra of η Car, recorded across two decades with HST/STIS, document multiple
changes in resonant lines caused by dissipating extinction in our line of sight. The FUV flux …

Eta Carinae's Declining Outflow Seen in the UV, 2002–2015

K Davidson, K Ishibashi, JC Martin… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Existing Hubble Space Telescope UV data offer many previously neglected clues to
η Car's behavior since 2000. Here we examine a subset of observations with diverse …

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 …

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 …