3D printing meets computational astrophysics: deciphering the structure of η Carinae's inner colliding winds

TI Madura, N Clementel, TR Gull… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present the first 3D prints of output from a supercomputer simulation of a complex
astrophysical system, the colliding stellar winds in the massive (≳ 120 M⊙), highly eccentric …

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 …

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 …

A Case Study in Astronomical 3D Printing: The Mysterious η Carinae

TI Madura - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) printing moves beyond interactive 3D graphics and
provides an excellent tool for both visual and tactile learners, since 3D printing can now …

[PDF][PDF] SIGNATURES OF THE 3-D WIND-WIND COLLISION CAVITY IN n CAR

TI Madura, SP Owocki - Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, 2010 - redalyc.org
We discuss recent efforts to apply 3-D Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations
to model the binary wind collision in η Carinae, focusing on the Bore Hole effect, wherein the …

3D modelling of the colliding winds in η Carinae–evidence for radiative inhibition

ER Parkin, JM Pittard, MF Corcoran… - Monthly Notices of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The X-ray emission from the supermassive star η Car is simulated using a 3D model of the
wind–wind collision. In the model the intrinsic X-ray emission is spatially extended and …

3D radiative transfer simulations of Eta Carinae's inner colliding winds–II. Ionization structure of helium at periastron

N Clementel, TI Madura, CJH Kruip… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Spectral observations of the massive colliding wind binary Eta Carinae show phase-
dependent variations, in intensity and velocity, of numerous helium emission and absorption …

Detection of high-velocity material from the wind-wind collision zone of Eta Carinae across the 2009.0 periastron passage

JH Groh, KE Nielsen, A Damineli, TR Gull… - Astronomy & …, 2010 - aanda.org
We report near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the Eta Carinae massive binary
system during 2008–2009 using the CRIRES spectrograph mounted on the 8 m UT 1 Very …

Imaging the time evolution of Eta Carinae's colliding winds with HST

TR Gull, TI Madura, JH Groh… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We report new Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging
Spectrograph observations that map the high-ionization forbidden line emission in the inner …

3D radiative transfer in η Carinae: application of the SIMPLEX algorithm to 3D SPH simulations of binary colliding winds

N Clementel, TI Madura, CJH Kruip… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Eta Carinae is an ideal astrophysical laboratory for studying massive binary interactions and
evolution, and stellar wind–wind collisions. Recent three-dimensional (3D) simulations set …