Nonthermal particles and photons in starburst regions and superbubbles

AM Bykov - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2014 - Springer
Starforming factories in galaxies produce compact clusters and loose associations of young
massive stars. Fast radiation-driven winds and supernovae input their huge kinetic power …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Exceptionally fast ejecta seen in light echoes of Eta Carinae's Great Eruption

N Smith, A Rest, JE Andrews… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In our ongoing study of η Carinae's light echoes, there is a relatively bright echo that has
been fading slowly, reflecting the 1845–1858 plateau phase of the eruption. A separate …

[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 …