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A SEA CHANGE IN ETA CARINAE

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal Letters
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  1. Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (United States)
  2. University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL 62703 (United States)
  3. Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602 (Japan)
  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 (United States)
Major stellar-wind emission features in the spectrum of {eta} Car have recently decreased by factors of order 2 relative to the continuum. This is unprecedented in the modern observational record. The simplest, but unproven, explanation is a rapid decrease in the wind density.
OSTI ID:
21451062
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal Letters, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 717; ISSN 2041-8205
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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