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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Orbital Parameters for the 250 M⊙ Eta Carinae Binary System

A Kashi, N Soker - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We show that recent observations of He i and N ii lines of η Carinae may provide support for
an orbital orientation where the secondary star is closest to us at periastron passages. This …

Eta Carinae's 2014.6 Spectroscopic Event: The Extraordinary He II and N II Features

K Davidson, A Mehner, RM Humphreys… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Eta Carinae's spectroscopic events (periastron passages) in 2003, 2009, and 2014 differed
progressively. He ii λ4687 and nearby N ii multiplet 5 have special significance because …