A SEA CHANGE IN ETA CARINAE
Journal Article
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· Astrophysical Journal Letters
- Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (United States)
- University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL 62703 (United States)
- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602 (Japan)
- 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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