Spiraling out of control: three-dimensional hydrodynamical modeling of the colliding winds in η carinae

ER Parkin, JM Pittard, MF Corcoran… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Three-dimensional adaptive mesh refinement hydrodynamical simulations of the wind–wind
collision between the enigmatic supermassive star η Car and its mysterious companion star …

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 …

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 …

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 …

He II λ4686 EMISSION FROM THE MASSIVE BINARY SYSTEM IN η CAR: CONSTRAINTS TO THE ORBITAL ELEMENTS AND THE NATURE OF THE PERIODIC …

M Teodoro, A Damineli, B Heathcote… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT Eta Carinae (η Car) is an extremely massive binary system in which rapid
spectrum variations occur near periastron. Most notably, near periastron the He ii λ4686 line …

Changes in the Na D1 Absorption Components of η Carinae Provide Clues on the Location of the Dissipating Central Occulter

CS Pickett, ND Richardson, TR Gull… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The Na D absorption doublet in the spectrum of η Carinae is complex, with multiple
absorption features associated with the Great Eruption (1840s), the Lesser Eruption (1890s) …

[HTML][HTML] VLTI-AMBER velocity-resolved aperture-synthesis imaging of η Carinae with a spectral resolution of 12 000-Studies of the primary star wind and innermost …

G Weigelt, KH Hofmann, D Schertl, N Clementel… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
Context. The mass loss from massive stars is not understood well. η Carinae is a unique
object for studying the massive stellar wind during the luminous blue variable phase. It is …

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 …

Eta Carinae's 2014.6 spectroscopic event: Clues to the long-term recovery from its Great Eruption

A Mehner, K Davidson, RM Humphreys… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
Aims. Every 5.5 years, η Car's light curve and spectrum change remarkably across all
observed wavelength bands. These so-called spectroscopic events are most likely caused …

The orbital kinematics of η Carinae over three periastra with a possible detection of the elusive secondary's motion

E Strawn, ND Richardson, AFJ Moffat… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The binary η Carinae is the closest example of a very massive star, which may have formed
through a merger during its Great Eruption in the mid-19th century. We aimed to confirm and …