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 …

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 …

X-ray spectral variation of η Carinae through the 2003 X-ray minimum

K Hamaguchi, MF Corcoran, T Gull… - The Astrophysical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of an observing campaign on η Car around the 2003 X-ray minimum,
mainly using the XMM-Newton observatory. These are the first spatially resolved X-ray …

X-ray monitoring of η Carinae: variations on a theme

MF Corcoran - The Astronomical Journal, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We present monitoring observations by the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer of the 2–10 keV X-
ray emission from the supermassive star η Carinae from 1996 through late 2003. These data …

Eta Carinae's thermal X-ray tail measured with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR

K Hamaguchi, MF Corcoran, TR Gull… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The evolved, massive highly eccentric binary system, η Car, underwent a periastron
passage in the summer of 2014. We obtained two coordinated X-ray observations with XMM …

The X-ray light curve of η Carinae: refinement of the orbit and evidence for phase-dependent mass loss

MF Corcoran, K Ishibashi, JH Swank… - The Astrophysical …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
We solve the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer X-ray light curve of the extremely luminous and
massive star η Carinae with a colliding-wind emission model to refine the ground-based …

Explaining the early exit of Eta Carinae from its 2009 X-ray minimum with the accretion model

A Kashi, N Soker - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We use the accretion model to explain the early exit of η Car from its 2009 X-ray minimum. In
the accretion model, the secondary star accretes mass from the primary wind near periastron …

X-ray emission from Eta Carinae near Periastron in 2009. I. A two-state solution

K Hamaguchi, MF Corcoran, CMP Russell… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT X-ray emission from the supermassive binary system η Car declines sharply
around periastron. This X-ray minimum has two distinct phases—the lowest flux phase in the …

Using X-ray observations to explore the binary interaction in Eta Carinae

A Kashi, N Soker - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
We study the usage of the X-ray light curve, column density towards the hard X-ray source,
and emission measure (density square times volume), of the massive binary system η …

NICER X-Ray Observations of Eta Carinae during Its Most Recent Periastron Passage

D Espinoza-Galeas, MF Corcoran… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We report high-precision X-ray monitoring observations in the 0.4–10 keV band of the
luminous, long-period colliding wind binary Eta Carinae, up to and through its most recent X …