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Abstract
Major stellar-wind emission features in the spectrum of η Car have recently decreased by factors of order 2 relative to the continuum. This is unprecedented in the modern observational record. The simplest, but unproven, explanation is a rapid decrease in the wind density.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2010
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/717/1/L22
Repository Citation
Mehner, Andrea; Davidson, Kris; Humphreys, Roberta M.; Martin, John C.; Ishibashi, Kazunori; Ferland, Gary J.; and Walborn, Nolan R., "A Sea Change in Eta Carinae" (2010). Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. 140.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_facpub/140
Notes/Citation Information
Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, v. 717, no. 1, p. L22-L25.
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