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 …

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 …

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 …

The 2014 X-ray minimum of η Carinae as seen by Swift

MF Corcoran, J Liburd, D Morris… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on Swift X-ray Telescope observations of Eta Carinae (η Car), an extremely
massive, long-period, highly eccentric binary obtained during the 2014.6 X-ray …

Simulating the formation of η Carinae's surrounding nebula through unstable triple evolution and stellar merger-induced eruption

R Hirai, P Podsiadlowski, SP Owocki… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT η Carinae is an extraordinary massive star famous for its 19th century Great
Eruption and the surrounding Homunculus nebula ejected in that event. The cause of this …

[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 …

VLTI-MATISSE chromatic aperture-synthesis imaging of η Carinae's stellar wind across the Brα line-Periastron passage observations in February 2020

G Weigelt, KH Hofmann, D Schertl, B Lopez… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Eta Carinae is a highly eccentric, massive binary system (semimajor axis~ 15.5 au)
with powerful stellar winds and a phase-dependent wind-wind collision (WWC) zone. The …

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 three-dimensional structure of the Eta Carinae Homunculus

W Steffen, M Teodoro, TI Madura… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We investigate, using the modelling code shape, the three-dimensional structure of the
bipolar Homunculus nebula surrounding Eta Carinae as mapped by new ESO Very Large …

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 …