DETECTION OF THE COMPRESSED PRIMARY STELLAR WIND IN {eta} CARINAE
Journal Article
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· Astrophysical Journal Letters
- Astrophysics Science Division, Code 667, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
A series of three Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph spectroscopic mappings, spaced approximately one year apart, reveal three partial arcs in [Fe II] and [Ni II] emissions moving outward from {eta} Carinae. We identify these arcs with the shell-like structures, seen in the three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations, formed by compression of the primary wind by the secondary wind during periastron passages.
- OSTI ID:
- 22136602
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal Letters, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 773; ISSN 2041-8205
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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