The origin of the strings in the outer regions of Eta Carinae

Details The origin of the strings in the outer regions of Eta Carinae The origin of the strings in the outer regions of Eta Carinae

2002-03-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0203081v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 332 (2002) 754

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05340.x

The narrow optical filaments (`strings' or `spikes') emerging from the Homunculus of Eta Carinae are modelled as resulting from the passage of ballistic `bullets' of material through the dense circumstellar environment. In this explanation, the string is the decelerating flow of ablated gas from the bullet. An archive HST image and new forbidden line profiles of the most distinct of the strings are presented and discussed in terms of this simple model.

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