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 …

Recent X-ray variability of η carinae: the quick road to recovery

MF Corcoran, K Hamaguchi, JM Pittard… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We report continued monitoring of the superluminous binary system η Car by the
Proportional Counter Array on the Rossi X-ray Timing Observatory (RXTE) through the 2009 …

The Unusual Temporal and Spectral Evolution of SN2011ht. II. Peculiar Type IIn or Impostor?

RM Humphreys, K Davidson, TJ Jones… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT SN2011ht has been described both as a true supernova (SN) and as an
impostor. In this paper, we conclude that it does not match some basic expectations for a …

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 …

High-energy radiation from the massive binary system Eta Carinae

W Bednarek, J Pabich - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011 - aanda.org
Context. The most massive binary system Eta Carinae has been recently established as a
gamma-ray source by the AGILE and Fermi-LAT detectors. The high energy spectrum of this …

SECULAR CHANGES IN ETA CARINAE'S WIND 1998–2011*,†,‡, § ,¶

A Mehner, K Davidson, RM Humphreys… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Stellar wind-emission features in the spectrum of eta Carinae have decreased by factors of
1.5–3 relative to the continuum within the last 10 years. We investigate a large data set from …

Critical differences and clues in Eta car'S 2009 event

A Mehner, K Davidson, JC Martin… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We monitored Eta Carinae with the Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 and
Gemini GMOS throughout the 2009 spectroscopic event, which was expected to differ from …

To v and beyond! The He i absorption variability across the 2014.6 periastron passage of η Carinae

ND Richardson, TI Madura, L St-Jean… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We have monitored the massive binary star η Carinae with the CTIO/Small and Moderate
Aperture Research Telescope System 1.5 m telescope and CHIRON spectrograph from the …

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 …

A sea change in Eta Carinae

A Mehner, K Davidson, RM Humphreys… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Major stellar-wind emission features in the spectrum of η Car have recently decreased by
factors of order 2 relative to the continuum. This is unprecedented in the modern …