Eta Carinae and the Supernova Impostors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Davidson, Kris (Editor), Humphreys, Roberta M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 384
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

In 1965 Fritz Zwicky proposed a class of supernovae that he called "Type V", described as "excessively faint at maximum." There were only two members, SN1961v and eta Carinae. We now know that eta Carinae was not a true supernova, but if it were observed today in a distant galaxy...

Table of Contents:

• Eta Carinae - From 1600 to the Present
• The Company Eta Carinae Keeps - Stellar and Interstellar Content of the Carina
• The Central Star - Instability and Recovery
• The Winds of Eta Carinae and Other Very Luminous Stars
• Physics of the Inner Ejecta
• High-resolution Studies of Eta Carinae's Ejecta and Stellar Wind
• All Things Homunculus
• The Outer Ejecta
• X-ray Variability and the Secondary Star
• Eta Carinae and the Luminous Blue Variables
• The Supernova Imposters
• Instability and Mass Loss Near the Eddington Limit
• The Final Struggles of Massive Star Evolution and Their Supernovae.