Modelling the Radio Light Curve of Eta Carinae

Details Modelling the Radio Light Curve of Eta Carinae Modelling the Radio Light Curve of Eta Carinae

2007-02-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702389v2

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.378:1609-1618,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted by MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11908.x

We study the propagation of the ionizing radiation emitted by the secondary star in Eta Carinae. We find that a large fraction of this radiation is absorbed by the primary stellar wind, mainly after it encounters the secondary wind and passes through a shock wave. The amount of absorption depends on the compression factor of the primary wind in the shock wave. We build a model where the compression factor is limited by the magnetic pressure in the primary wind. We find that the variation of the absorption by the post-shock primary wind with orbital phase changes the ionization structure of the circumbinary gas and can account for the radio light curve of Eta Car. Fast variations near periastron passage are attributed to the onset of the accretion phase.

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