[HTML][HTML] Gamma-ray emission from binaries in context

G Dubus - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2015 - Elsevier
More than a dozen binary systems are now established as sources of variable, high-energy
(HE, 0.1–100 GeV) gamma rays. Five are also established sources of very-high-energy …

[HTML][HTML] On the origin of γ-ray emission in η Carina

S Ohm, V Zabalza, JA Hinton… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract η Car is the only colliding-wind binary for which high-energy γ rays are detected.
Although the physical conditions in the shock region change on time-scales of hours to days …

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

N Clementel, TI Madura, CJH Kruip… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The highly eccentric binary system Eta Carinae (η Car) shows numerous time-variable
emission and absorption features. These observational signatures are the result of …

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 …

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 …

The Optical Wind Line Variability of η Carinae During the 2009.0 Event

ND Richardson, DR Gies, TR Gull… - The Astronomical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on high-resolution spectroscopy of the 2009.0 spectroscopic event of η Carinae
collected via SMARTS observations using the CTIO 1.5 m telescope and echelle …

Orbital Parameters for the Eta Carinae Binary System

A Kashi, N Soker - arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.03576, 2015 - arxiv.org
We show that recent observations of He I and N II lines of $\eta $ Carinae may provide
support for an orbital orientation where the secondary star is closest to us at periastron …

[PDF][PDF] Eta Carinae: Many Advances.... Even More Puzzles

TR Gull - Wolf-Rayet Stars: Proceedings of an …, 2015 - publishup.uni-potsdam.de
Since Augusto Damineli's demonstration in 1996 that Eta Carinae is a binary with a 5.52
year period, many innovative observations and increasingly advanced three-dimensional …