X-ray Gyrations of Eta Carinae, or, Is Presence of Evidence Evidence of Presence?

2004/11/08 by M. F. Corcoran, Kenji Hamaguchi, Corcoran, M. F. +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0411213

submitted to the proceedings of "Massive Stars In Interacting Binaries", Aug 16-20 2004, Quebec

arxiv created 2004/11/08 · openalex publication_date 2004/11/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We review the properties of the variable X-ray emission from the extremely massive star Eta Carinae concentrating on the last X-ray minimum, and briefly consider the possible role of a binary companion star on the observational properties of the system.

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