Eta Carinae across the 2003.5 Minimum: Analysis in the visible and near infrared spectral region

Details Eta Carinae across the 2003.5 Minimum: Analysis in the visible and near infrared spectral region Eta Carinae across the 2003.5 Minimum: Analysis in the visible and near infrared spectral region

2009-01-06

arxiv.org/abs/0901.0707v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

13 pages, 11 figures + atlas. The paper accepted for the ApJS and is accompanied with an atlas in the online edition paper

Scientific paper

10.1088/0067-0049/181/2/473

We present an analysis of the visible through near infrared spectrum of Eta Carinae and its ejecta obtained during the "Eta Carinae Campaign with the UVES at the ESO VLT". This is a part of larger effort to present a complete Eta Carinae spectrum, and extends the previously presented analyses with the HST/STIS in the UV (1240-3159 A) to 10,430 A. The spectrum in the mid and near UV is characterized by the ejecta absorption. At longer wavelengths, stellar wind features from the central source and narrow emission lines from the Weigelt condensations dominate the spectrum. However, narrow absorption lines from the circumstellar shells are present. This paper provides a description of the spectrum between 3060 and 10,430 A, including line identifications of the ejecta absorption spectrum, the emission spectrum from the Weigelt condensations and the P-Cygni stellar wind features. The high spectral resolving power of VLT/UVES enables equivalent width measurements of atomic and molecular absorption lines for elements with no transitions at the shorter wavelengths. However, the ground based seeing and contributions of nebular scattered radiation prevent direct comparison of measured equivalent widths in the VLT/UVES and HST/STIS spectra. Fortunately, HST/STIS and VLT/UVES have a small overlap in wavelength coverage which allows us to compare and adjust for the difference in scattered radiation entering the instruments' apertures. This paper provides a complete online VLT/UVES spectrum with line identifications and a spectral comparison between HST/STIS and VLT/UVES between 3060 and 3160 A.

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