Pulsational pair-instability supernovae

SE Woosley - The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The final evolution of stars in the mass range 70–140${\text {}}{M} _ {\odot} $ is explored.
Depending upon their mass loss history and rotation rates, these stars will end their lives as …

X-ray emission from interacting wind massive binaries: A review of 15 years of progress

G Rauw, Y Nazé - Advances in Space Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Previous generations of X-ray observatories revealed a group of massive binaries that were
relatively bright X-ray emitters. This was attributed to emission of shock-heated plasma in the …

[HTML][HTML] Science with e-ASTROGAM: A space mission for MeV–GeV gamma-ray astrophysics

A De Angelis, V Tatischeff, IA Grenier, J McEnery… - Journal of High Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract e-ASTROGAM ('enhanced ASTROGAM') is a breakthrough Observatory space
mission, with a detector composed by a Silicon tracker, a calorimeter, and an …

Light echoes from the plateau in Eta Carinae's Great Eruption reveal a two-stage shock-powered event

N Smith, JE Andrews, A Rest, FB Bianco… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present multi-epoch photometry and spectroscopy of a light echo from η Carinae's 19th
century Great Eruption. This echo's light curve shows a steady decline over a decade …

An introduction to the chandra carina complex project

LK Townsley, PS Broos, MF Corcoran… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Great Nebula in Carina provides an exceptional view into the violent
massive star formation and feedback that typifies giant H ii regions and starburst galaxies …

A robust, template-free approach to precise radial velocity extraction

VM Rajpaul, S Aigrain… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Doppler spectroscopy is a powerful tool for discovering and characterizing exoplanets. For
decades, the standard approach to extracting radial velocities (RVs) has been to cross …

Filament formation in wind–cloud interactions–II. Clouds with turbulent density, velocity, and magnetic fields

WE Banda-Barragán, C Federrath… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present a set of numerical experiments designed to systematically investigate how
turbulence and magnetic fields influence the morphology, energetics, and dynamics 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 …

Constraints on decreases in η Carinae's mass-loss from 3D hydrodynamic simulations of its binary colliding winds

TI Madura, TR Gull, AT Okazaki… - Monthly Notices of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Recent work suggests that the mass-loss rate of the primary star ηA in the massive colliding
wind binary η Carinae dropped by a factor of 2–3 between 1999 and 2010. We present …

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 …