{ "id": "1104.1829", "version": "v2", "published": "2011-04-11T02:06:01.000Z", "updated": "2011-05-20T17:22:28.000Z", "title": "N II 5668-5712, a New Class of Spectral Features in Eta Carinae", "authors": [ "Andrea Mehner", "Kris Davidson", "Gary J. Ferland" ], "comment": "4 figures, 1 table", "categories": [ "astro-ph.SR" ], "abstract": "We report on the N II 5668-5712 emission and absorption lines in the spectrum of Eta Carinae. Spectral lines of the stellar wind regions can be classified into four physically distinct categories: 1) low-excitation emission such as H I and Fe II, 2) higher excitation He I features, 3) the N II lines discussed in this paper, and 4) He II emission. These categories have different combinations of radial velocity behavior, excitation processes, and dependences on the secondary star. The N II lines are the only known features that originate in \"normal\" undisturbed zones of the primary wind but depend primarily on the location of the hot secondary star. N II probably excludes some proposed models, such as those where He I lines originate in the secondary star's wind or in an accretion disk.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2011-05-20T17:22:28.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "eta carinae", "spectral features", "secondary stars wind", "stellar wind regions", "radial velocity behavior" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "doi": "10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/70", "journal": "The Astrophysical Journal", "year": 2011, "month": "Aug", "volume": 737, "number": 2, "pages": 70 }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 895712, "adsabs": "2011ApJ...737...70M" } } }