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Eta Carinae: The physical structure of the outer ejecta and the strings

Kerstin Weis
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The outer ejecta is part of the nebula around Eta Carinae. They are filamentary, shaped irregularly and larger than the Homunculus, the central bipolar nebula. While the Homuculus is mainly a reflection nebula, the outer ejecta is an emission structure. However, we showed with kinematic analysis that the outer ejecta (as the Homunculus) expands bi-directional despite of its complex morphology. Radial velocities in the outer ejecta reach up to 2000km/s and give rise to X-ray emission. An analysis showing the distribution of the soft X-ray emission and its comparison to the optical emitting gas is presented here. X-ray maxima are found in areas in which the expansion velocities are highest. The temperature of 0.65 keV determined with the CHANDRA/ACIS data and thermal equilibrium models indicates post-shock velocities of 750km/s, about what was found in the spectra. In addition analysis of the new HST-STIS data from the Strings--long, highly collimated structures in the outer ejecta--are presented. The data show that the electron density of the Strings is of the order of 10^4 cm^-3. The same value was detected for other structures in the outer ejecta. With this density String 1 has a mass of about 3 10^-4 M_sun and the total ejecta could be as massive as 0.5 M_sun.

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Kerstin Weis. 2002-08-28. Eta Carinae: The physical structure of the outer ejecta and the strings. https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208493

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