X-ray Line Diagnostics of Shocked Outflows in Eta Carinae and Other Massive Stars

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May 2011

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #110.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Strong stellar winds in massive stars generate high energy thermal X-ray emission largely via radiative line driven instability and through wind-wind collisions in binary and multiple star systems. These X-rays are sensitive to key wind properties (mass loss rate, the wind acceleration law, wind clumping). X-ray emission line profiles provide important diagnostics of these properties and have helped shape our understanding of wind-driven mass loss in significant and surprising ways. I review some of the major results obtained from high resolution X-ray spectrometry for a selection of massive stars, and discuss how future observations will advance our understanding of hot star mass loss.

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