Evolution of the radio outburst from the supermassive star eta Carinae from 1992 to 1996

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Oct 1997

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 290, Issue 4, pp. 680-688.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Activity, Stars: Individual: Epsiloncarinae, Supergiants, Hii Regions, Radio Continuum: Stars, Radio Lines: Stars

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An earlier paper, describing observations at a wavelength of 3 cm with the Australia Telescope Compact Array between 1992 June and 1994 May, showed the supermassive star eta Carinae to be in the throes of a major outburst. This paper, based on observations at wavelengths of both 3 and 6 cm, describes the evolution of the outburst since 1994 May. From 1994 May to 1995 December, eta Carinae's image continued to expand, and its total flux density to increase. These dramatic changes were caused, we believe, by an outburst of UV luminosity, and consequent ionization of pre-existing circumstellar gas clouds. Since 1995 December, eta Carinae's total flux density has fallen. The large-scale structure of the radio image closely resembles Hα optical images of the eta Carinae `Homunculus' nebula. In addition, the central area shows fine-scale structure, principally comprising a secondary source about 1.2 arcsec to the north-west of the star, which we believe to be a dense gas cloud, and a ridge of length 4 arcsec centred on the optical position of the star, which we believe to be an equatorial disc or torus. These structures are seen also in 3-cm (H91alpha) recombination-line emission.

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