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 …

Fermi large area telescope observation of a gamma-ray source at the position of Eta Carinae

AA Abdo, M Ackermann, M Ajello… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope detected a γ-ray source that is spatially consistent with the location of Eta …

High-excitation emission lines near Eta Carinae, and its likely companion star

A Mehner, K Davidson, GJ Ferland… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to study the distribution of gas and ionizing radiation around η Car and their
implications for its likely companion star, we have examined high-excitation emission lines …

Periastron passage triggering of the 19th century eruptions of Eta Carinae

A Kashi, N Soker - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We reconstruct the evolution of η Car in the last two centuries under the assumption that the
two 19th century eruptions were triggered by periastron passages and through this …

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 …

A∼ 40 YEAR VARIABILITY CYCLE IN THE LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLE/WOLF–RAYET BINARY SYSTEM HD 5980?

G Koenigsberger, L Georgiev, DJ Hillier… - The Astronomical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The massive Wolf–Rayet stellar system HD 5980 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
entered a sudden and brief∼ 1–3 mag eruptive state in the mid-1990s. The cause of the …

Episodic post-shock dust formation in the colliding winds of Eta Carinae

N Smith - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Eta Carinae shows broad peaks in near-infrared (IR) JHKL photometry, roughly correlated
with times of periastron passage in the eccentric binary system. After correcting for secular …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Hard X-ray identification of η Carinae and steadiness close to periastron

JC Leyder, R Walter, G Rauw - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2010 - aanda.org
Context. The colliding-wind binary η Carinae exhibits soft X-ray thermal emission that varies
strongly around the periastron passage. It has been found to have non-thermal emission …

The Hα variations of η Carinae during the 2009.0 spectroscopic event

ND Richardson, DR Gies, TJ Henry… - The Astronomical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on Hα spectroscopy of the 2009.0 spectroscopic event of η Carinae collected via
SMARTS observations using the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory 1.5 m telescope …